Bough plate by Elizabeth Amour

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Bough plate by Elizabeth Amour - 7" (177 mm) diameter. 1918.

Elizabeth Amour (pronounced to rhyme with 'claymore') was a Glasgow Girl
- she attended the Glasgow School of Art from 1908 to 1912. After that she
settled in Edinburgh and set up Bough Pottery, which continued until 1942.

Like Jessie M King, she bought
blanks from various sources which were decorated by herself and other members
of her family and then glazed. The pieces were initialled by the individual
decorator and the word 'Bough' was added. RA, for instance, indicates Elizabeth's
brother, Richard, who lived from 1900 to 1949.

The last member of the family to continue this work was Christine Amour
(Chrissie), who went on decorating pots possibly as late as the 1970s, but
not under the name of Bough Pottery. She died in 1974.

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